Chapter 384: Chapter 14: Tracks of Destiny A gentle breeze passed by.
Merlin gazed at Duncan in front of him and slowly said, "Your Majesty’s return this time, are you planning to restart the transformation?"
Back in the later period of Duncan’s reign, he had planned to initiate ’early industrialization’ and ’magic enlightenment’, but at that time, two major difficulties troubled everyone. The first was the tremendous leap of the era, and Duncan was not an engineering student, so early industrialization lacked sufficient foundation. The second was the mythical decline, under the tide of decline that lasted for centuries, the difficulty of magic enlightenment was also very high, and it could only barely maintain mysterious power on the island of Great Britain through the inheritance via the wizard academy.
Now, the knowledge Duncan holds is enough to solve these two problems. Hundreds of years later, the handicraft industry on the island of Great Britain is already very developed, possessing the basic conditions for early industrialization.
As for magic enlightenment, although the mythical decline still exists, with knowledge from the Mechanical Divine Sect, and some mystical knowledge that can still be obtained from the Esoteric Practitioners in the future, even if it’s not possible to directly usher in the magic era, an attempt can at least be made to ignite the ’magic enlightenment’.
According to the deduction Duncan made with the gods of the Norse Pantheon at that time, the mythical decline would not continue indefinitely.
It seems like the tide, possibly lasting for hundreds of years, then at some point, suddenly showing an upward trend. If at that time, the world’s ceiling could be further raised, maybe the entire magic tide’s surge could be reversed.
Returning to the ceiling of the mythical era is difficult, but the world’s limit might be raised to a level capable of ’becoming divine’.
It is now after 800 AD.
When Duncan descended, he already felt a slight sign of the magic tide gradually rising. There should be someone other than him who raised the world’s ceiling. That person is most likely in the east, and at this time, someone who could raise the world’s ceiling is definitely a very, very renowned figure.
Such a person must possess extremely powerful strength and have a very high legendary level, while also wielding power surpassing ordinary divine spirits!
Duncan nodded slowly and said, "That’s right."
"I have already found the opportunity for transformation in the exploration of the Otherworld."
"It’s time to welcome a new era."
The three deans of the wizard academy were very curious about everything Duncan said. Among them, only Merlin knew Duncan had gone to the Otherworld, but even Merlin didn’t know exactly where he went, and he once thought Duncan had entered the distant Otherworld of the Celtic belief.
"Let’s go."
Duncan gently stroked Morgan Le Fay’s hair and slowly said, "It’s just right that I also need you to realize all of this."
In the absence of an industrial mother machine, some parts need to be hand-crafted.
The earliest industrial mother machine appeared in 1797, and now Great Britain is just relatively developed in handicrafts, wanting to manually craft a steam engine still needs to rely on the wizards’ supernatural abilities. Duncan’s goal is first to manufacture Hogwarts’ magic train, the first-generation industrial lathe must be handled personally by Merlin, and some rune knowledge from the Mechanical Divine Sect can only be attempted to understand and transform by him.
A day passed quickly.
With the ability of transcribing tricks, Duncan handed over the information he had organized on the first industrial and magic revolution to Merlin.
Throughout the process, Merlin’s expression was extremely serious, as one of the few legendary mages, he certainly knew what earth-shattering changes would occur to the world if all of this before his eyes were realized.
Next to him, Nicolas Flamel was also studying alchemy, marveling as he looked at the secret scroll, "Is this the alchemy of the Esoteric Buddhism?"
"Your Majesty has gone to a very unusual Otherworld."
"According to my understanding of this alchemy, they might even have the powerful ability to create magic life!"
That is for sure.
In the world of the number three human form, during the Mysterious Era, it was a time of active gods, and they could withstand the three industrial revolutions of the Mechanical Divine Sect, undoubtedly their magic civilization also developed to a high degree, only the magic civilization in the Mysterious Era did not unleash the productive power of the secular world.
In short, power and knowledge were held in the hands of a very few, some were even the chosen ones of the divine spirits, the gods’ representatives in the secular world.
Duncan gazed at Merlin in front of him and slowly said, "Are you confident of achieving it?"
Merlin nodded affirmatively and said, "No problem at all."
"The steam engine and looms on top are very simple, the steam train is a bit more troublesome, but with detailed design drawings, it shouldn’t be too big of a problem."
"It’s just that this lightning train, anti-gravity runes, and floating airships are a bit tricky."
Merlin’s expression became increasingly serious, solemnly saying, "All of these require engraving with magic runes, purely mechanical structures might not be able to make them operate."
"On the island of Great Britain, maybe we can try."
"But in Europe, these magic runes might all fail."
Duncan was not surprised by this, he simply said softly, "Let’s try first."
"Here are the designs for firearms."
"You should know how to proceed."
Due to Duncan’s interference, early arquebuses already appeared at this period, approximately equivalent to the development level of the 14th and 15th centuries in the background of a heavenly salvation type of game. Naturally, Duncan had also brought back some of the early firearm designs, if needed, he still had the capability of leveraging the island of Great Britain to sweep across the entire Europe again.
Duncan divided the information for the first industrial and magic revolution into two parts, one handed over to Merlin’s wizard academy, and the other to the Crow Queen-Triss’s esoteric sect.
These things cannot be circulated temporarily, only beings at the level of the Crow Queen and Merlin can properly preserve them.
As night deepened.
After everyone else had left, Merlin reappeared in a half-spirit body form, slightly bowing towards Duncan and said, "Your Majesty."
"Is there anything else you want to instruct?"
Duncan stood on the balcony gazing at the bright moon in the sky, his back to Merlin, and slowly said, "There are two things that require you to arrange for someone to handle."
Merlin replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, please instruct."
Duncan pondered for a moment and said, "I have a weapon that might have fallen into the hands of the Church."
"You go and find it."
Merlin immediately said, "Is it the Oathkeeper?"
Duncan nodded.